?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Open+access+self-archiving%3A+An+Introduction&rft.creator=Swan%2C+Alma&rft.subject=Archives&rft.description=This%2C+our+second+author+international%2C+cross-disciplinary+study+on+open+access+had+1296+respondents.+Its+focus+was+on+self-archiving.+Almost+half+(49%25)+of+the+respondent+population+have+self-archived+at+least+one+article+during+the+last+three+years.+Use+of+institutional+repositories+for+this+purpose+has+doubled+and+usage+has+increased+by+almost+60%25+for+subject-based+repositories.+Self-archiving+activity+is+greatest+amongst+those+who+publish+the+largest+number+of+papers.+There+is+still+a+substantial+proportion+of+authors+unaware+of+the+possibility+of+providing+open+access+to+their+work+by+self-archiving.+Of+the+authors+who+have+not+yet+self-archived+any+articles%2C+71%25+remain+unaware+of+the+option.+With+49%25+of+the+author+population+having+self-archived+in+some+way%2C+this+means+that+36%25+of+the+total+author+population+(71%25+of+the+remaining+51%25)%2C+has+not+yet+been+appraised+of+this+way+of+providing+open+access.+Authors+have+frequently+expressed+reluctance+to+self-archive+because+of+the+perceived+time+required+and+possible+technical+difficulties+in+carrying+out+this+activity%2C+yet+findings+here+show+that+only+20%25+of+authors+found+some+degree+of+difficulty+with+the+first+act+of+depositing+an+article+in+a+repository%2C+and+that+this+dropped+to+9%25+for+subsequent+deposits.+Another+author+worry+is+about+infringing+agreed+copyright+agreements+with+publishers%2C+yet+only+10%25+of+authors+currently+know+of+the+SHERPA%2FRoMEO+list+of+publisher+permissions+policies+with+respect+to+self-archiving%2C+where+clear+guidance+as+to+what+a+publisher+permits+is+provided.+Where+it+is+not+known+if+permission+is+required%2C+however%2C+authors+are+not+seeking+it+and+are+self-archiving+without+it.+Communicating+their+results+to+peers+remains+the+primary+reason+for+scholars+publishing+their+work%3B+in+other+words%2C+researchers+publish+to+have+an+impact+on+their+field.+The+vast+majority+of+authors+(81%25)+would+willingly+comply+with+a+mandate+from+their+employer+or+research+funder+to+deposit+copies+of+their+articles+in+an+institutional+or+subject-based+repository.+A+further+13%25+would+comply+reluctantly%3B+5%25+would+not+comply+with+such+a+mandate.%0A%0AIn+a+separate+exercise+we+asked+the+American+Physical+Society+(APS)+and+the+Institute+of+Physics+Publishing+Ltd+(IOPP)+what+their+experiences+have+been+over+the+14+years+that+arXiv+has+been+in+existence.+How+many+subscriptions+have+been+lost+as+a+result+of+arXiv%3F+Both+societies+said+they+could+not+identify+any+losses+of+subscriptions+for+this+reason+and+that+they+do+not+view+arXiv+as+a+threat+to+their+business+(rather+the+opposite+--+this+in+fact+the+APS+helped+establish+an+arXiv+mirror+site+at+the+Brookhaven+National+Laboratory).&rft.date=2005-05&rft.type=Departmental+Technical+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4406%2F1%2Fjiscsum.pdf&rft.identifier=++Swan%2C+Alma++(2005)+Open+access+self-archiving%3A+An+Introduction.++%5BDepartmental+Technical+Report%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4406%2F